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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
17
Fragmentary text depicts praise to God for unfamiliar faces seen in English streets and references Britain's refuge for the dispossessed. Mentions brave women, Greek pact, and a fading sense of despair, with archaic syntax and broken phrases suggesting a historical chronicle or poem excerpt.
A 1574 Acton column recounts fires destroying a Downs barn and a Ritchie home on the Sixth and Third Lines, a newly formed Acton Chamber of Commerce with officers including Peter A. Smith and H. P. Moore, William Hackett winning the John McCrae Scholarship, a marriage notice for J Carter to David G Robertson, and obituary for Mary McDonald McIntosh.
In the Pentagon dining halls some 30,000 military and civilian personnel dine on about 55,000 meals daily. A regular lunch costs 35 cents, with ice cream the top dessert. Nutrition labs test vegetables and cooking losses to maximize vitamin retention, guiding kitchen practices. The facility uses about half a million pounds of food monthly and bakes thousands of loaves, muffins, and rolls daily.
A 16 year old from Sydney, N S, was found guilty of selling moonshine. His customers were four other boys aged 14 to 16 who said they promised him $4 for a bottle. The judge reserved sentence.
North Sydney reports Mrs. Mary MacDonald won the old-time fiddler competition at the Cape Breton County Exhibition after edging out five male competitors. She claimed the crown in a field where the fiddle voice echoed across the grounds.
A religious lesson notes Davids gratitude after rest from enemies, the prophet Nathans correction, and Gods plan to build a house for David and his line, fulfilled ultimately in Jesus Christ. It emphasizes humility before Jehovah, the keeping of His word, and Israels future under divine promise.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates 1944 wheat at 467,656,000 bushels, up from 1943. Prairie production rose to 423,000,000 bushels with an 183 bu/acre yield. Ontario expects 21,479,000 bushels total from winter and spring wheat. Oats reach 526,138,000 bushels. barley dips. rye and flaxseed prospects improve. Butter conservation measures extend coupon postponements to curb shortages amid tighter stocks and reduced milk output.
Jimmy Conway aged 15 of East Korah recorded a 600 pound bear near Sault Ste. Marie. His younger brother Leonard heard the warning while guarding their father's sheep and alerted him, prompting the hunt.
One hundred fifty members of the Moose Jaw local of the United Packing House Workers of America offer to stock a quarter section of wheat in one night. All wages earned will be donated to the Kamsack Emergency Relief fund.
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